School of Engineering and Built Environment

We bring together construction and surveying, physics, and the built environment.

As well as our academic focus, we pride ourselves on our emphasis on employability. Our students often undertake work experience and placements, and we have excellent links with a large number of professional bodies and employers.

Our accredited courses provide a home for people who want to understand, design and shape our world.

Courses

Construction and surveying

Our accredited construction and surveying courses set you up for a future shaping and managing the built environment.

Engineering

Gain hands-on experience of the tools and equipment used in industry, and hone your skills on real projects.

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Physics

Gain a broad-based education in physics, its application and an insight into the impact of physics on modern commercial technologies.

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Facilities

Explore our construction, engineering and surveying facilities.

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Research

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Environment Research Group

Seeks to understand environmental processes, human impacts and natural change across four main themes.

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Materials and Engineering Research Institute

From materials analysis to infrastructure management, the Materials and Engineering Research Institute uses science and engineering to solve industrial problems.

National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering (NCEFE)

Delivering strategic research and innovation across four distinct research themes to drive vitality, sustainability and growth in the global food system.